Insole.



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INSOLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.11, 1014.

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wlrkzssss ATTORNEYS STATES PATENT orrrcn.

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ARIZONA.

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To all whom it ma concern:

Be it known t at I,'10scaa 0. Evan, a

citizen of the United States, and resident of .the following is a specification.

My inventlon relates toiinsoles, of a type suitable "for wear in shoes, boots, slippers and similarfootwear, the purpose'of my .device being to romote the ease and comfort of the foot, an especially in instances where the foot is afliicted with corns, bunions. callouses or other analogous sources of dis comfort. I

More particularly stated, my insole is given such form'as to so distribute the pressure, as between the footwear and the foot, that the tender or diseased portions of the foot are subjected to a minimum of crowding. I In other words, a maximum of pressure is placed upon the healthy portions of Fig. 2 is a bottom the foot, in order .to alleviate the pressure upon the diseased portions thereof My invention comprehendsother features, sis-hereinafter set forth.

- Reference is made to the accompanying drawings -formin a part of this specification, and in whic like letters indicate like parts. a

Figural is a top plan view of my-insole. Ian view of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line -3--3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow. 4 a The body portion of the insole. a pears at '3. An archplate is shown at 4, and xiinde up of sheet metal, preferably steel, or other rigidmaterial. This arch plate is provided with a comparatively high or convex portion 5, and with a beveled edge 6, which in general outline is somewhat concave, as indicated in Fig. 2. The arch plate 4 isfur'ther provided at its front endor edge wlth protuberances 7, 8, separated by concave ortions 9, 10, 11. The arch plate is hel in position by aid of rivets 12 or analogous fastenings, whereby it is secured to the body portion 13 of the insole. This body portion Is in this instance made of leather, but if desired it n y be constructed of other suitable materiahg. The body portion 13 is provided with one or more holes 14 placed in suitable position to receive a callous or the like and each having for this purpose a specification or Letters Patent. Application filed A ril 11, 1914. semi No. seam.

portion of the "insole,

all diseased feet are precise conformity of the body portion 13 Patented Nov. 24:, 19M.

substantially conical portion 15, as may be understood from Fig. 3. That is 10 say, the wall of the body portion 13, immediately surroundin the hole 14, is thinned or beveled to a S181 ed e, in order to prevent pressure upon t eca lens. The body portion 4 is further provided with flaps 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, or extending portions, which are adapted to be bent up slightly or curved to any desired extent, and health flaps th to ress against portions of the foot. etween these e body portion is proylded with concave edge portion'sQZl, 24, 25, 6, E27, and adjacent these concaveedges ie diseased portions of the foot are so positioned as to be subject to a minimum insole is further provided tion 28, where the centerbf e wcarers eel is to be placed. The adjac nt portion 29, constituting the peripheral edge of the heel is comparatively thick, as shown at 28. The heel of the insole is thus rendered essentially hollow.

It will be understood, of course, that not alike, and therefore the vgth a thin orof the insole should be varied to suit different conditions. The particulanform' here shown for the insole, however, maybere garded as typical. y I do, nofp-limit myself to the exact. constructicni illustrated, as variations may be.- made therein without de arting from the spirit of m invention. myself to t e precise use here indicated for the device, as manifestly the invention admits of a wider range of adaptability.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is as follows:

' 1. A device of the character described comprising a rigid arch plate and a body member of comparatively soft material secured thereon, said body member being pro vided with certain flaps projecting forwardly and other flaps extendin upwardly and outwardly from its side e gee, so arranged that pressure' upon diseased portions of the foot is relieved.

2. A device of the character described, comprising an arch plate of rigid material and a body member of comparatively soft material secured thereon, said body mcmher being provided, between its edges, with portions of reduced thickness in order to of pressure. The

either do I limit (4. portions 0* the ne moer being provided. 5 with amending \11355 said pop 5 s bent up around. the

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from; and ygortions flops and nemess 1o u due) said body wing provied Wifidh cor-- min flaps extending forwarrliy and side extending upwardl agca outwardly from it; edges and owing a, hoe; per-don hollowe out be tweoniho side and. ram. edgos 5, An insole comprisil'lg an upwardly ourvecl arch plate o rigid material its from; edge having convex exclusions projeciirgg thereirom and concave portions between said p'rojecions, and a compawiively soft nwt ial secured upon $21151 oroh plate an,

ha /1 C projecting from its sides and forward and for the purpose 03": 10021113 111 creasing "pr-assure upon the healthy portions rho E00 5 and relieving diseased portions,v

In testil'nony whereof Z 11 we signed my name to this specification in the presence of v ivco subsomblnig Witnesses." I

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